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Matt and Jenny(TV show/series, 1979-1980)

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| 30min per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 26 episodes

Matt and JennyRating: 3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Matt and Jenny (or Matt and Jenny on the Wilderness Trail) is a Canadian television series of 26 episodes of 25 minutes each, broadcast on Global starting October 21, 1979. A French-language dub of the show, titled Les routes de l'amitié, later aired on La Chaîne française, Ontario's then-new francophone educational service, in 1986. American television producer Norman Lear also purchased American rights to the show in 1980; however, he did not indicate at the time whether he planned to syndicate the existing Canadian show or produce an Americanized remake, and neither plan subsequently materialized. However, the series later aired in the United States on Nickelodeon circa 1981-1983. The series won an award for Best Television Series from the Canadian Film and Television Association in 1979. ()
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About Matt and Jenny

Two English children, Matt and Jenny Tanner, and their mother depart for the New World from Bristol, England. During the voyage, their mother dies of typhoid fever. The two children arrive in Canada and begin a search for their uncle Bill Tanner, who arrived before they had. Along the way, they encounter the enigmatic Adam Cardston and woodsman Kit, who join them on their journey westward.

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Matt and Jenny Seasons and Episodes

10/20/1979Season 1 - 26 episodes
"Matt and Jenny" not only aired in Canada but was also sold to Italy, France, and West Germany. Primarily Canadian, the show occasionally featured U.S. guest stars and animals like Hollywood wolves and bears, along with an elephant from Ohio.
#1 | 10/21/1979Search For A New Home
After the death of their father, Matt and Jenny and their mother leave England for Nova Scotia only to encounter another tragedy- their mother dies of typhoid while at sea. The children fear that the captain will return them to England or else place them in an orphan's home in Montreal. They escape in Halifax but are falsely accused of theft. Adam Cardston comes to their rescue, offering to take them to their uncle's farm.
#2 | 10/28/1979Thunder and Lightning Birds
Cardston, helped by Matt and Jenny, races against time to save the life of a seriously injured lumberjack. The Tanners meet Kit, a young man of the wilderness who helps them survive a forest fire and save the life of the man with a broken leg. Lebelle: Yvon Barrett.
#3 | 11/04/1979The Bellinis
Matt and Jenny hitch a ride with a circus family, who are believed to be thieves and are being pursued by a man and haunted by series of mysterious accidents. Bellini: Cameron Mitchell.
#4 | 11/11/1979The Long Return
With Cardston's help. Matt and Jenny hope to find their lost relatives at a mysterious religious community. Reverend Hawthorne: Keenan Wynn. Pioneer Woman: Kay Hawtrey.
#5 | 11/18/1979The Whirlwind Voice
Matt, Jenny and Kit help an Indian chief's adopted son search for his real parents. Takomis: Michael Ansara. Cokah: Lewis Dubrofsky. William: Ken James.
#6 | 11/25/1979Test for the Tanners
A wilderness survival test becomes reality when Jenny loses her way in the forest and Matt is trapped in an abandoned mine.
#7 | 12/02/1979A Call to Arms
On the road, Matt, Jenny and Cardston meet a young homesteader who is about to give birth, and whose husband is a suspected deserter.
#8 | 12/09/1979Devil's Gorge
Kit helps a woman search for her husband, who has disappeared in Devil's Gorge.
#9 | 12/16/1979The Mast
In search of a tree for a ship's mast. Matt, Jenny and an absent-minded sea captain lose their way in the woods.
#10 | 12/23/1979Fiddle Joe and The Devil Himself
Kit, Matt and Jenny help a trapper who fears that his former friend is putting a curse on him for marrying the woman they both courted.
#11 | 12/30/1979Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp
While Matt and Jenny are on their way to meet Kit, they hear strange, unearthly cries in the swamp. They lose their way while trying to solve the mystery.
#12 | 01/04/1980The Teacher
In their further pursuit of the Tanner's relatives, Matt, Jenny and Adam Cardston visit a school-house and are introduced to the schoolteacher. She is overcome by Jenny's interest and intelligence and Mr. Cardston's worldly charms.
#13 | 01/11/1980Barnabus Bletcher
Matt and Jenny help a peddler when a pair of hoodlums try to steal his belongings and his performing bear.
#14 | 01/18/1980Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff
The Tanners and Kit stop at Kennebec Cliff and learn about the trouble a man and his wife have been having with a pack of wolves.
#15 | 01/25/1980Ceremony at Whispering Pines
The sound of drums draws Cardston, Matt and Jenny to the site of a secret Indian ceremony. Cardston is intent on helping the Indian tribe in order to cure the chief's son.
#16 | 02/01/1980Wilderness Photographer
Kit helps a young woman search for her father, a somewhat absent-minded wildlife photographer.
#17 | 02/08/1980Sport of Kings
A boy hopes to clear his father's debts by winning a horse race.
#18 | 02/15/1980Skiba the Bear
Matt meets Skiba, the evil bear of Indian legends that no man can kill.
#19 | 02/22/1980Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (1)
Jenny and Cardston try to stop a shady book publisher from making off with a writer's latest manuscript.
#20 | 02/29/1980Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (2)
Cardston engineers a mock trial to scare a disreputable book publisher into mending his evil ways.
#21 | 03/07/1980Frontier Justice
Kit, accused of murdering a slave trader, is to be tried by a "hanging judge".
#22 | 03/14/1980A Woman's Place
Kit, Matt and Jenny try to help a women's rights activist escape from a band of angry men out to tar and feather her.
#23 | 03/21/1980The Actress
The threat of Matt and Jenny being split up materializes when Matt and Cardston are offered leading roles in a New York play by a beautiful actress (Dina Merrill).
#24 | 03/28/1980Mystery of the Pikes
Matt and Jenny are held prisoner by an evil-minded farmer who claims he's seen their relatives.
#25 | 04/06/1980The Highlanders
Jenny and Cardston get involved when a young Scottish couple's marriage plans are stymied by the girls father, who refuses to forget an ancient feud between the two families.
#26 | 04/13/1980Wagon Train West
Jake Winfield and his daughter Ann are left behind when their wagon is unable to keep up with the wagon train.

Additional Information

Production country: Canada
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 10/21/1979
Last episode released on: 04/13/1980
Director: René Bonnière
Screenwriter: Martin Lager
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Matt and Jenny on the Wilderness Trail 1850"
"MATT AND JENNY... ON THE WILDERNESS TRAIL 1850"
"Matt und Jenny - Abenteuer im Ahornland"

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